LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 4 January 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

— ^ r Sailing Postponed Although her departure date ffrom Auckland has been postponed I for about a fortnight, the liner Rangitiki is still bejng prepared to embark the Duchess of Gloucester : and members -of the Australian : vice-regal party at Sydney. The Rangitiki will call at Sydney on the voyage fro'm Auckland to Lon- ; don and her '■ provisional sailing : date is now the end of th'is month. High Drowning Toll j In making an appeal to specitators present 'at. the Rainbow Shield swimming carnival in Hastj ings to learn to swim Mr. Carl I Atkinson,- of Napier, president of | the New Zealarid Amateur Swim- ! ming Association, said that'i'n only ; one year had the death roll ■ through road accidents been higher thar/that through loss of life in the water. Poisoned Ry Duck Eggs Food poisoning caused by eating uncooked duck eggs resulted in six j persons becoming ill following a I family reunion in Auckland. Two jadults were admitted to hospital | and four children received medical treatment. The source of the infection is believed to have been a Spanish cream dessert which was made from raw duck eggs. t Ran In Front Of Car ) A suspected fracture of the.pelvis, 'shock and abrasions were received I by Terence Sutton, aged seven, son i of Mr. and Mrs. C. Sutton, 15 Taupo Quay, Wanganui, when he was hit by a passing car on the ! quay. Playing with other children I who had been chased from the Wanganui raiiway station platf orm because a tram~was approaching, the boy ran oh 'to the street into the path of a yehicle driven by S. J. Gibbons, Grey Street. Quick Car Deal A Hastings family taking a motor ride to Napier recently were a little disconcerted to find their car was being followed at a respectful dis-. tance by another vehicle. After j being tailed persistently for several blocks, the first car halted, and a few seconds later the second pulled in beside it at the kerb. The occupants awaited developments. The driver of the second c&r, it turned out, was a motor dealer who hoped to purchase their car for a doctor. The price was good, and a sale re-

sulted on che spot. Insects for California Included in the cargo of the Pan-American Airways clipper East Indian due to leave Auckland for San Francisco on Thursday, was a consignment of live beneficial insects from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Australia. They are known as klamath weed insects and are being forwarded to the Division of Foreign Parasite Introduction in California. The consignment is contained in three cardboard packages which have been specially made to enable the insects to breq'the. A Veteran Bowler The game of bowls brings to light many old identities who soon forget their age when the greens are calling. The record claimed by a recent Press photograph of a player in Wellington 94 years of age, and. still going strong, is beaten, however, bv Mr. S. Rolston, of Levin, who is still an enthusias--tic bowler at the grand old age ef 95. Mr. Rolston has been in the Horowhenua district for nearly 50 years, having a farm at Ihakara. He has been playing for many years-. and has been bowling even more regularly since he retired an'd came to Levih,